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AMENDMENT NO 1 PROPOSED TO

Cmte Sub for House Bill No. 1008

BY: Representative Hines

AMEND by inserting the following new Section 15 after line 2633 and renumbering the succeeding section:

     "SECTION 15.  The Division of Medicaid shall conduct an assessment and evaluation of the need for new or expanded health care services and health care facilities throughout the state and the issuance of certificates of need as necessary to provide those services and facilities, and shall prepare and submit a report to the Chairmen of the House and Senate Public Health Committees and Medicaid Committees with its findings regarding those needs and its recommendations regarding how those needs should be addressed by the Legislature."